Geophis laticinctus Smith & Williams

Wilson, Larry David & Townsend, Josiah H., 2007, A checklist and key to the snakes of the genus Geophis (Squamata: Colubridae: Dipsadinae), with commentary on distribution and conservation, Zootaxa 1395, pp. 1-31 : 12-13

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.273681

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5620401

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scientific name

Geophis laticinctus Smith & Williams
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25. Geophis laticinctus Smith & Williams

Geophis laticinctus Smith & Williams 1963: 24 .

Geophis laticinctus albiventris: Smith & Holland 1969: 51.

Holotype. University of Illinois Museum of Natural History ( UIMNH) 51352, adult female collected 23 December 1961 by T. MacDougall.

Type­locality. Near Colonia Francisco I. Madero, ca. 1800 m elevation, municipality of Jitotol, Chiapas, Mexico.

Distribution. Known from 730­1800 m elevation in Chiapas, Mexico.

Species group. semidoliatus ( Downs 1967) .

Systematic references. Smith & Williams (1963), Smith & Holland (1969), Johnson et al. (1976).

Johnson, J. D., Ely, C. A. & Webb, R. G. (1976) Biogeographical and taxonomic notes on some herpetozoa from the northern highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences, 79, 131 - 140.

Downs, F. L. (1967) Intrageneric relationships among colubrid snakes of the genus Geophis Wagler. Miscellaneous Publications of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 131, 1 - 193.

Smith, H. M. & Williams, K. L. (1963) New and noteworthy amphibians and reptiles from southern Mexico. Herpetologica 19, 22 - 27.

Smith, H. M. & Holland, R. L. (1969) Two new snakes of the genus Geophis from Mexico. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences, 72, 47 - 53.

UIMNH

University of Illinois, Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

SubFamily

Dipsadinae

Genus

Geophis